Rep. Cuellar Secures $1.225 Million for Atascosa Health Center
Noel Wilkerson-Holmes
U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar declared Wednesday that Atascosa Overall health Middle will receive $1,225,510 through the Health Methods & Expert services Administration, a subsidiary of the U.S. Office of Wellbeing and Human Products and services (HHS). The funding will guidance the Wellness Center cluster in Atascosa County.
The HRSA grant awarded will be used for general operations for the Atascosa Wellness Middle and its six centers across rural South Texas, Lytle, Poteet in Atascosa County, Karnes, McMullen, Live Oak, and Wilson Counties.
According to Atascosa Well being Heart CEO Monty Small, this funding effectively retains the Middle running. “Without this HRSA funding, the Atascosa Wellbeing Middle would not be in existence.” Little expressed his gratitude to Congressman Cuellar for his ongoing assistance for the Atascosa Health and fitness Heart.
“I am extremely excited to award the Atascosa Health Center with this federal grant funding,” reported Congressman Cuellar, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. “The Atascosa Well being Centre offers care to many individuals in South Texas who or else would not have accessibility to main well being treatment. This funding ensures that the heart can proceed to operate its operations smoothly and properly when caring for as many people as achievable. I will continue on to support our South Texas well being centers with prospects for competitive grants to assist our neighborhood needs. I would like to thank Monty Modest for his ongoing assist of this extraordinary group-dependent support.”
Atascosa Health and fitness Middle, Inc., a Federally Skilled Health and fitness Center (FQHC), nonprofit rural health care network, with a 40 -12 months record of providing high-quality healthcare solutions to all ages and incomes. AHC mission is to offer available, comprehensive wellbeing promotion and top quality treatment providers to all inhabitants of Atascosa, Karnes, Dwell Oak, McMullen, Wilson and encompassing counties. AHC, Inc. is a main key healthcare company accessible to all and accepts most all insurances. AHC’s community of rural healthcare clinics work on the premise that health and fitness providers can be offered proficiently and efficiently to a family members by properly-experienced industry experts.